What is the object on the front of Larson and Edwards' calculus and pre-calculus textbooks called?

Calculus for Beginners and Artists is an online textbook that provides an overview of Calculus in clear, easy to understand language designed for the non-mathematician. Thank you MIT OpenCourseWare for awesome, free resources and classes!

Maria Gaetana Mathematician and philosopher Maria Gaetana Agnesi was the first woman to write a mathematical text. She wrote one of the earliest calculus textbooks in She was offered a professorship at the Bologna Academy of.

This May 20, 2003 photo shows Elvis, the pet corgi of Hope professor Tim Pennings, with a calculus textbook, in Holland, Mich. Elvis, a dog that traveled the country making the presentation "Do Dogs Know Calculus?" aimed at demonstrating math principles to students, has died. Photo: The Sentinel, Brian Forde